James Martin’s “television dad” Brian Turner has stepped in to defend him.
The chef, 77, branded the ITV star “kind” as he responded to the latter’s statement following allegations that he bullied production staff on his shows.
The ex-Ready Steady Cook regular said he was proud of him in view of his 40,000 Twitter followers.
The claims against the Saturday Morning host go back to 2018, with him later admitting to “overreacting” to an incident at his home.
The 51-year-old agreed that “lessons have been learned” and apologised “for any offence or upset caused”, after he responded “emotionally”.
Brian tweeted in support: “In my view you make me proud to be your TV dad.”
He continued: “You have always been there for me whenever needed.
“Stay as kind as you always are, tough when needed and true to your Yorkshire principles. X.”
It comes after James took to his social media profiles to address the allegations on Thursday.
James stated: “I would like to publicly and sincerely apologise to the crew involved in this incident, as I did at the time.
“… The end of 2017 was one of the most fraught and difficult periods of my life. I was dealing with the death of my last living grandparent, my grandfather, and on account of work commitments, I could not attend his funeral.
“Later that month I was burgled at night by a team of masked men, who entered my house while my partner Louise was at home alone and I was away working.
“I was devastated that she had to go through that alone.”
He went on: “On top of this I was then diagnosed with cancer on my face and I had to have surgery, which I couldn’t do until two days before Christmas when we had finished filming. Since then it has returned on several occasions and I have to have regular treatments.
“I was in a very emotional state, and when after filming in early January 2018 I discovered my home had been flooded while filming, I was extremely upset.
“I can only say I am human and following a build-up of personal life pressure, I admit that I overreacted regarding the damage to my home.”
An ITV spokesperson said the broadcaster contacted Blue Marlin after receiving a complaint in May from members of the production team of James Martin’s Spanish Adventure.
They added that after discussing how the issues were being dealt with, ITV made recommendations to Blue Marlin including “sharing best practice of some of our own relevant procedures around staff welfare and reiterating our supplier code of conduct”.
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